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title: Convert RAR to ZIP, 7Z, BZ2 and 3 more on a Mac, nothing uploaded
source: https://arazioformac.com/docs/formats/rar
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# RAR files

A proprietary archive. Arazio can unpack one; almost nothing can write one, including Arazio.

## Convert RAR to

7Z, BZ2, GZIP, TAR, XZ, ZIP.

## Tools that work on RAR

Hold Option rather than Shift: Extract.

## Where the file goes

Beside the original, same folder, same name, new extension. Nothing is overwritten and nothing is uploaded.

Extensions: .rar · Category: archive